Powder-keg.



M. 0. OLAUGHLIN.

POWDER KEG.

APPLICATION IILBD AUG.16, 1907.

Patented May 18, 1909.

MICHAEL O. OLAUGHLIN, OF

OELTJEN AND ONE-FOURTH TO T. W.

PETERSBURG, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO E. R.

MCNEELY, OF PETERSBURG, ILLINOIS.

POWDER-KEG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Application filed August 16, 1907. Serial No. 388,904.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL O. OLAUen- LIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Petersburg, in the county of Menard and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Powder Kegs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to powder kegs, the object being to provide a kegwhich is so constructed that the powder can be readily removed, so as tofacilitate the filling of cartridges used for blasting.

Another object of my invention is to provide a keg with a dispensingopening in its side so that the last grains of powder can be removedtherefrom with as much ease as when the case is full, thereby overcomingthe difficulties now existing with kegs which are provided with only onefilling opening.

Another object of my invention is to provide very novel means forclosing the open ings in the keg so as to make it perfectly air-tight,thereby preventing moisture from reachlng the powder.

Another object of my invention is to provide very novel means forfastening the caps closing the openings.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification :Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved keg, showing my improved fasteningmembers attached, and in a closed position. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view through the keg and the fastening member on the side..Fig. 3 is an en larged detail side view of my improved fastening membershowing it attached to a portion of the keg. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of one of the caps used for closing the openmg.

Referring to the drawings A indicates a keg, B the cap and C my improvedfastening member. The keg is preferably formed of sheet metalsubstantially ovalshaped in cross-section, having a flanged fillingopening formed in its top and a dispensing opening in the apex of itsside adjacent the top. The fastening members C are exactly alike and thedescription of one is suflicient for both, and is formed of an oblongplate having an opening formed therein, through which the flange of theopening of the keg is adapted to extend and be secured by crimping theflange down on the plate forming an air-tight joint. The flanged cap Bis then inserted in the openings so as to securely close the same. Theends of the plate form flaps one of which. is provided with a tongue Cand the other with spaced slots C C adapted. to receive the tongue. Theflap with the openings is then bent over the cap, the bend being at theplace shown by dotted lines. The other flap is then bent over the placeshown by dotted lines upon the end and the tongue C is forced throughthe slots which aline with each other when the plate is bent. The tongueis then bent back upon. itself which securely locks the cap in theopening.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveprovided a very novel keg with a filling and a dispensing opening whichare closed by very novel fastening m embers which can be readily openedand closed as desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1.. An opening and closing device forkegs comprising an apertured plate adapted to be secured over theopening of a keg, a cap for closing said opening and flaps carried bythe plate adapted to be folded one upon the other over said cap and.secured together.

2. A powder keg having an opening in its side adjacent one end, a capfitting in said opening, and a plate secured to said keg pro vided withflaps adapted to be bent one upon the other over said cap, one of saidflaps being provided with a locking tongue.

3. A powder keg having a flanged opening in its side adjacent one end,an apertured plate fitting over the flange of the opening, and securedto the keg by crimping said flange, a cap fitting in said opening andflaps carried by said plates adapted to be folded one upon the otherover said cap, one of said flaps being provided with a locking tongueadapted to be locked into slots formed in said plate.

MICHAEL O. OLAUGHLIN.

Witnesses:

ROBERT ARMSTRONG, R. S. RULE.

